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Title: Impact On Operating And Maintenance Practices And The Written Operating And Maintenance Plan
Author: R. B. Catell,
Source: American Gas Association 1971
Year Published: 1971
Abstract: AFTER two years of apprehension and reams of comments and discussions, the minimum Federal safety standards were published on August 12, 1970. These new standards went into effect on November 12 and replaced the interim standards, which were based on the existing B31.8 Code. In general the new regulations represented no radical departures from existing practices, although they differed in many instances from some existing state laws. Under the terms of the new regulation, the states will continue to enforce the regulations, the Federal version, that is, unless the state requirements are more strict and take precedence. First of all, we would like to compliment OPS on their method of formulating the new regulations. They appeared to review and consider the comments and suggestions which were submitted by all concerned, i.e., state regulatory agencies, the general public and the industry, and many of the recommendations were incorporated in the final regulations. There is some sentiment which felt that OPS should have adopted the B3 1.8 Code, which had been in effect, and made changes only as performance indicated a need in certain areas. The industry track record has been good under the B31.8 Code and, while we realize that an area of primary concern is with small municipally-owned companies, those companies which have followed the B31.8 Code should not be penalized.

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